Why did my cherry-pick fail?

Question

After the failed cherry pick, it says that no -m option was given. What can I do to make the cherry pick work?

Terminal:

 git cherry-pick abcdeeee
 error: Commit abcdeeee is a merge but no -m option was given.
 fatal: cherry-pick failed

The error message said that no `-m` option was given. Why didn't you just try adding a `-m` option? — Keith Thompson, Aug 19 '16 at 15:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '16 at 15:29

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You apparently tried to cherry-pick a merge, which is a specific kind of commit (a commit with 2 parents).

To cherry pick this kind of commit you need to specify the option -m

Best regards,

answered Aug 19 '16 at 15:29

Etienne Cha

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